Smithers
Looks
to
Future
The
community
of
Smithers
exists
only
due
to
speculation
But
it
has
come
a
long
way
since
speculating
land
grabbers
took
up
the
most
likely
and
most
suitable
sites
for
a
divisional
point
for
the
proposed
Grand
Trunk
Pacific
Railway
The
divisonal
point
was
planned
to
be
at
Hubbert
a
few
miles
east
of
Smithers
Little
land
was
left
for
miles
along
the
right
of
way
other
than
the
spruce
swamp
at
the
base
of
the
Hudson
Bay
Moun
Mountain
¬
tain
This
the
Land
Develop
Development
¬
ment
Company
settled
upon
It
set
out
a
planned
townsite
with
properly
surveyed
streets
ave
avenues
¬
nues
and
lanes
During
the
past
ten
years
Smithers
has
entered
a
phase
of
growth
and
improvement
fol
following
¬
lowing
years
of
ups
and
downs
It
has
become
a
modern
village
with
an
optimistic
outlook
to
the
future
Located
and
surveyed
out
in
1013
contracts
were
let
for
the
clearing
of
the
heavily
for
forested
¬
ested
site
Lots
sold
readily
and
at
high
prices
First
construc
construction
¬
tion
on
the
new
townsite
started
that
fall
timed
closely
with
the
arrival
of
steel
and
the
first
train
from
Prince
Rupert
on
the
We
Welcome
You
to
Smithers
BC
Hy
fishing
in
the
Stellako
River
west
coast
The
ensuing
boom
bubble
burst
with
the
sinking
of
the
Titanic
and
with
it
Sir
Char
Charles
¬
les
Hays
His
untimely
death
in
that
catastrophe
spelled
finish
to
his
dream
for
Prince
Rup
Rupert
¬
ert
and
the
new
railway
This
tragedy
followed
closely
by
de
declaration
¬
claration
of
war
in
1914
and
the
doldrums
struck
the
new
community
of
Smithers
Only
sporadic
mining
oper
operations
¬
ations
some
lumbering
and
tie
hacking
kept
Smithers
going
apart
from
its
being
a
division
divisional
¬
al
point
On
the
new
railway
Agriculture
developed
in
a
small
way
to
supply
the
needs
of
the
railway
construction
and
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in
the
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use
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inhabitants
of
the
district
communities
Veterans
returning
from
the
First
World
War
took
up
land
grants
and
added
to
the
life
of
the
Bulkley
Valley
communi
communities
¬
ties
Smithers
citizens
in
1922
moved
for
more
stability
and
it
became
the
first
incorporated
village
in
British
Columbia
Then
came
the
depression
fol
following
¬
lowing
the
stock
market
crash
of
1929
World
War
II
also
had
its
effect
With
it
came
the
con
construction
¬
struction
of
a
Department
of
Transport
airport
near
Lake
Kathlyn
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summer
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THE
CITIZEN
TRAVEL
SUPPLEMENT
to
the
Carrier
In
dians
who
live
in
the
in
interior
¬
terior
it
was
a
giant
of
a
man
who
started
the
river
flowing
His
name
was
Astace
and
he
walked
the
mountain
tops
gathering
cloud
waters
in
his
birch
bark
cup
and
spilling
them
on
all
sides
like
a
sower
sow
sowing
¬
ing
his
seed
In
time
the
native
people
on
the
coast
worked
their
way
up
stream
following
the
salmon
and
eventuaUy
settling
in
places
with
beautiful
names
like
Kis-
piox
Kitwanga
and
Kitwankool
Around
the
middle
of
the
last
century
came
the
explor
explorers
¬
ers
Hudsons
Bay
people
look
looking
¬
ing
for
a
better
route
to
their
posts
in
the
interior
The
trad
traders
¬
ers
followed
and
the
miners
and
the
missionaries
And
the
river
became
a
summer
high
highway
¬
way
to
the
head
of
navigation
at
Hazelton
from
whence
the
trails
extended
like
the
spokes
of
a
wheel
northward
up
to
Kispiox
and
Skeena
valleys
east
across
the
hills
to
the
Babine
country
andtheOmineca
mines
south
east
into
the
fer
fertile
¬
tile
Bulkley
vaUey
BEAUTIFUL
CANOES
In
those
days
people
travelled
up
river
in
big
dug
out
canoes
built
by
the
Haidas
in
the
Queen
Charlotte
islands
where
the
tall
tallest
¬
est
timbers
grow
They
were
beautiful
boats
designed
for
the
open
sea
with
a
high
prow
and
a
high
stern
and
long
flow
flowing
¬
ing
lines
They
could
carry
two
tons
of
freight
as
weU
as
several
pas
passengers
¬
sengers
and
were
handled
by
a
crew
of
five
natives
It
took
them
a
week
or
two
to
reach
Hazelton
camping
out
at
night
on
the
river
In
the
deep
water
at
the
estuary
where
the
sombre
blue
grey
mountains
drop
right
into
the
sea
the
crew
would
paddle
or
even
raise
a
sail
and
look
like
Vikings
But
40
miles
up
where
the
salt
water
ends
the
river
gets
swift
andshaUowand
there
are
rapids
they
called
them
riffles
where
the
crew
would
have
to
leap
out
into
the
water
clothes
and
all
and
tow
the
canoe
from
the
river
bank
The
lines
were
looped
around
their
bodies
and
they
heaved
and
strained
and
slipped
on
the
smooth
stones
And
the
water
would
be
Icy
straight
from
April
1965
45
Astace
Started
Skeena
River
Flowing
The
Skeena
is
the
second
largest
river
to
rise
and
flow
completely
within
the
boundaries
of
British
Col
Columbia
¬
umbia
To
some
it
may
seem
a
rather
sombre
lonely
river
set
apart
by
mountains
and
wilderness
from
the
rest
of
the
province
But
today
it
is
part
of
the
new
north
Accordini
the
mountains
Small
wonder
that
people
who
travelled
this
way
as
children
remember
it
all
so
vividly
When
the
water
became
too
swift
theyd
pole
or
paddle
to
calmer
water
on
the
other
side
Kitselas
canyon
half
way
tc
Hazelton
was
particularly
tricky
For
a
short
distance
the
banks
were
perpendicular
a
box
canyon
and
even
at
low
water
there
would
be
boils
and
small
whirlpools
STERNWHEELERS
The
Hudsons
Bay
Company
looking
for
a
more
efficient
way
to
carry
their
freight
into
the
interior
were
the
first
to
use
sternwheelers
Their
first
boat
the
Cale
Caledonia
¬
donia
made
it
through
the
canyon
in
1891
Even
for
stern
sternwheelers
¬
wheelers
much
of
the
journey
up
stream
was
a
battle
Infact
the
Skeena
had
the
reputation
of
being
the
toughest
navigable
river
in
North
America
But
sternwheelers
drew
much
less
water
than
other
steamboats
and
could
manoeuvre
with
great
agility
especiaUy
backwards
All
they
needed
to
float
on
say
the
old
timers
was
morning
dew
The
big
one
l
mi-
HSm
S-
aW
-
-
S
Stewart
Lomax
dldnt
let
this
big
one
get
away
on
the
Kispiox
River
near
Hazelton
Stewart
is
son
of
a
famous
fishing
father
Harry
Lomax
of
Prince
George
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